A few days ago, people who either talked to him directly, or were briefed by people who did, said that he fiercely maintained that the accusations were untrue, and that he would remain in office.
Although the French philosopher was centrally concerned with the pursuit of justice, he fiercely maintained that law was radically different from justice and that law, not justice, enabled societies to survive.
We can do this not by fighting with robots but by fighting fiercely to maintain our distinctness and our essential nature.
■ Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, fiercely defended his integrity, maintaining he was not a "ruthless parasite sucking the lifeblood" out of soccer.
Since then, she's worked with countless other artists and producers (including ASAP Rocky, Beastie Boys, Pharrell Williams, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O, and more), all while maintaining her fiercely independent voice and ear for out-of-the-box influences.
This momentous night is no time to harbor inhibitions; by maintaining a fiercely can-do/will-do attitude in the face of all the fun, dancing and possibilities New Year's Eve can throw at you, you are ensuring that the version of you who emerges on the other side of 2015 is going to seize every opportunity thrown your way.
America's Health Insurance Plans, the industry group that had lobbied fiercely against cuts, maintains that CMS's changes still amount to lower payments.
The panel's mission is amorphous enough that Israel and Turkey, which have maintained fiercely opposing views on whether there should be an independent investigation, both welcomed the announcement, presenting the possibility of a face-saving way out of the diplomatic hostilities between the two.
The Saxons, and to a lesser extent the Vikings, were the next invaders followed by the Normans in the 11th century and Edward 1st of England in the 13th century but the mountainous Welsh landscape enabled the locals to remain fiercely inhospitable and maintain their culture and their language.
